Anundoram Borooah Award

Anundoram Borooah Award is a prestigious award in honour of Ananda Ram Barua. It is awarded to Indian citizens, specially inhabitants of the state of Assam, who set high standards of excellence in the fields of Sanskrit and allied Indological studies, literary & linguistic studies, and studies in art and culture. Anundoram Borooah Award was instituted in the year 1991 by the Anundoram Borooah Institute of Language, Art & Culture, Assam (ABILAC). It’s first recipient was Rajanikanta  Dev Sarma.

The award:

Anundoram Borooah Award comprises of a cash prize and a citation. Initially the award money was Rs. 50,000. But now it is Rs 1,00,000.

List of Anandoram Borooah Award Winners:

• 2014 – Keshavananda Deva Goswami
• 2013 – Bhadanta Sasanbansa Mahathera
• 2012 – Dr. Harinath Sarmadaloi
• 2010 – Dr. Pramod Chandra Bhattacharya
• 2007 – Dr. Jogendranarayan Bhuyan
• 2005 – Dr. Golok Ch. Goswami
• 2001 – Dr. Mukunda Madhava Sharma
• 1999 – Dr. Jogeswar Sarma
• 1998 – Dr. Satyendranath Sarma
• 1997 – Dr. Herambakanta Barpujari
• 1996 – Jajneswar Sarma
• 1995 – Dr. Praphulladatta Goswami
• 1994 – Birendra Kumar Phukan
• 1993 – Dr. Biswanarayan Shastri
• 1992 – Acharyya Manoranjan Shastri
• 1991 – Rajanikanta Dev Sarma

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Read before submitting your comments. This is a prestigious award conferred only to highly qualified and experienced personalities. Don’t confuse it with Anundoram Borooah Award Scheme, under which laptops or tablets are provided to students.